Limit logs in production environment

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As you can see in the below screenshot, the env is set to production.

But, still, I’m seeing detailed logs in the console. Is this intended behaviour?

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This is my config/prod.exs file

import Config

# Configures Swoosh API Client
config :swoosh, api_client: Swoosh.ApiClient.Finch, finch_name: Socket.Finch

# Disable Swoosh Local Memory Storage
config :swoosh, local: false

# Do not print debug messages in production
config :logger, level: :info

# Runtime production configuration, including reading
# of environment variables, is done on config/runtime.exs.
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This also includes info log… and above

but not the debug log level

https://hexdocs.pm/logger/1.15/Logger.html#module-levels

If You want to hide info log in production, You could set the log level to :notice

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Yeah, setting it to notice helps in my case.

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By the way, running mix phx.server in production isn’t the best approach. Take a look at mix release.

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Hi @hauleth Thanks for your input. But running with the release just keeps the shell idle.
Nothing else is happening.

export MIX_ENV=prod && PORT=4000 _build/prod/rel/socket/bin/socket start
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Well, then you should start with that. Phoenix has good docs on how to Dockerize an app, plus it even has a generator. Have you compared your Dockerfile with it?

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I’m not using docker. I’m using Ubuntu VPS and systems to manage the process

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Ah oops, sorry.

And yes you should use mix release.

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This is after running mix release

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Yes, I saw that. My point was: did you check journalctl? You said that you used systemd?

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It’s just blank. Nothing is happening.

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Just to be crystal clear: are you running mix release on the production server?

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Yes I do

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Do You set the required environment variables?

It is mandatory when running in release mode

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Yes i did, I set PORT and MIX_ENV=prod

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I was expecting more variables…

PHX_SERVER
DATABASE_URL
SECRET_KEY_BASE

but if it works with mix in prod, it should be ok too

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Yeah, it works. There is not much actually. One API Route which broadcasts using channels.